Got my period a week early.

[conuly]

This whole entry is full of TMI, so I've lj-cut the worst of it. Kinda.

...

Look, it's just blood, and it's perfectly normal (that's what I keep telling Angelique every month, and that's what I'm telling you), so get used to it, okay?

Moving on to the entry, using the title as the first line....

Maybe if I had a heck of a lot more sex, I wouldn't mind, but as I don't currently have *any*... let's just say I'm not thrilled. Especially since my big-ass butt boil didn't show up and give me a head's up. To make things worse, I have a nagging feeling that my big-ass butt boil will show up on time, that is to say, a week late. I'd call it adding insult to injury, but it's really about half and half insult and injury at the same time.

Been experimenting with the sea pearls.

See, now, the thing that always kept me from tampons (aside from TSS warnings) is that they're fucking drying. When I had to resort to stealing one of my sister's, half the time I'd end up with one that dried me out but did a piss-poor job of absorbing any blood... maybe because the drying sensation irritated me so much I'd just take it out (painfully) and deal with it by sticking toilet paper in my crotch which is not quite as bad and... yeah.

So I'm pleased to find that the sponges seem much less drying. And I'm happy that I can rinse them out or change them when I feel they've had enough - instead of looking at a used pad or tampon and going "Gee... there's not much blood on there... now I feel like I've wasted some money/plastic/bleach/paper/whatever".

So far, so good. Will update if necessary.

(Pads are also getting used, but a cloth pad is a cloth pad, and deserves a separate (if less TMI-ish) entry.

Comments

[malantha.livejournal.com]

Have you ever used a cloth interlabial pad? That's amazing and I don't know why I never thought of it before. I'm wondering how effective and comfortable it'd be.

I've done the toilet paper thing before and I HATE it because the tp always breaks up into a billion pieces that stick like glue and are impossible to all get off.

[conuly]

No, I haven't - but I intend to next month.

I don't have that problem with the toilet paper, but it gets very drying and sticks around after a while, which hurts.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

By the way, I got some of those cloth pads from Wallypop too and I used them on my last period. I think I'm going through early stages of The Change, though, because my period was very light. Anyway, the pads worked wonderfully! They never felt wet. Then again, as I said, my period was light....

[conuly]

Already? I didn't picture you quite that old. Some people claim their periods are lighter with cloth pads, though I really don't think there's a way to verify that.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I'll be 40 in February. All I know is, my period has changed over the last year or so. The cycle is longer and my period isn't quite so heavy. I know other women in their late 30s who've said the same.

[conuly]

I can only repeat that I thought you were closer to my age, and leave it at that, then. Should I congratulate you, or commiserate?

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I don't know yet!

[conuly]

That's damnably inconvenient :P

When you figure it out, I'll send you a card.

[malantha.livejournal.com]

Have you ever used a cloth interlabial pad? That's amazing and I don't know why I never thought of it before. I'm wondering how effective and comfortable it'd be.

I've done the toilet paper thing before and I HATE it because the tp always breaks up into a billion pieces that stick like glue and are impossible to all get off.

[conuly]

No, I haven't - but I intend to next month.

I don't have that problem with the toilet paper, but it gets very drying and sticks around after a while, which hurts.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

By the way, I got some of those cloth pads from Wallypop too and I used them on my last period. I think I'm going through early stages of The Change, though, because my period was very light. Anyway, the pads worked wonderfully! They never felt wet. Then again, as I said, my period was light....

[conuly]

Already? I didn't picture you quite that old. Some people claim their periods are lighter with cloth pads, though I really don't think there's a way to verify that.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I'll be 40 in February. All I know is, my period has changed over the last year or so. The cycle is longer and my period isn't quite so heavy. I know other women in their late 30s who've said the same.

[conuly]

I can only repeat that I thought you were closer to my age, and leave it at that, then. Should I congratulate you, or commiserate?

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I don't know yet!

[conuly]

That's damnably inconvenient :P

When you figure it out, I'll send you a card.